Within the North American market, Yale is one of the largest volume producers of zero emissions electric forklifts around. The business was one of the very first to implement the energy efficiency of control technology and AC motor. Yale's continued pursuit of improved energy efficiency is further improved by competitive testing. These testing results feature that Yale's 5000 pound electric rider unit provides the best energy utilized per load transported, or energy efficiency, of any lift truck in its class within North America.
Green Innovations
Yale introduced and developed an innovative electronically controlled transmission. This machine really lessens brake and tire wear for our ICE forklift clients. For our electric trucks, Yale has applied a system to recapture energy into the truck during braking and during the lowering of loads. This energy could then be utilized again. This process greatly lessens the models overall energy consumption.
Yale has used numerous inventive engineering techniques to decrease non-productive energy use throughout the vehicle by means of drive train efficiency, hydraulic system efficiency and weight reduction. There are still pending patents on the drive train efficiency.
Green Initiatives
Yale has taken great strides to make their lift trucks to be compatible with the latest in alternative power technologies over the years. Yale has implemented clean diesel fuels, LPG option and electric battery models. This tradition is being upheld most recently, with the business being among the first in implementing working fuel cells in actual applications.
Through engineering teamwork, Yale has supported the implementation of numerous greener technologies. Furthermore, we have started a new system of field validation testing, and analysis. At the current time, we are investigating in more effective battery chemistries and technologies, to be able to increase efficiency, reduce overall energy consumption and decrease toxic material content.
Yale is strongly committed to these green initiatives and they are reinforced by the company's participation in developing and setting new industry standards to adopt these greener technologies in a safe and reliable manner.
Recyclability is another key factor in Yale forklift design. Starting at the design stage, Yale actively chooses materials for its lift trucks keeping the recyclability factor in mind. Having broken down items to be able to be sent for recycling and re-using materials as much as possible greatly decreases our footprint and keeps environmental sustainability at the forefront of our business.